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Police parade officers involved in extra-judicial killing of Johnson

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Hours after announcing their arrest, the Lagos state police command has released names and photographs of its men who were involved in the killing of Kolade Johnson, a football fan.

Johnson was killed on Sunday when a stray bullet hit the deceased during a raid by the anti-cultism unit of the command at Onipetesi, Lagos-Abeokuta road.

The incident had sparked a nationwide outrage, with the police authorities promising Nigerians that the killers would be brought to book.

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The state commissioner of police, Zubairu Muazu, during his condolence visit to the family of the deceased earlier on Tuesday, assured that the police was committed to bringing the suspects to book.

Shortly after, the police unveiled the identities of the officers arrested in connection with the incident.

“The men suspected to have carried out the shooting of Kolade Johnson have been apprehended and subjected to internal disciplinary procedures.

The CP has revealed their names as (1) Insp Ogunyemi Olalekan and (2) Sgt Godwin Orji attached to Anti Cultism Squad,” the police said in a tweet.

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